First school nutrition association car show nets $1,200

An early 1960s Volkswagen Beetle flanks a 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air station wagon during the car show.

BRIAN HUGHES / News Bulletin

By BRIAN HUGHES / News Bulletin

Published: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 04:59 PM.

CRESTVIEW — Forty-three of Detroit's classic and more recent products were joined by one vehicle each from Wolfsburg and Hiroshima to complete the Okaloosa School Nutrition Association's inaugural car show.

"We had 45 cars! Isn't that awesome for the first car show?" organizer Lynn Rogers, Crestview High School’s cafeteria manager, said. "Everybody said it was going to rain but it just turned out to be a perfect day. It was fun. We had a good time."

Classic cars from the ’60s included the Rogers family's 1967 Plymouth Satellite, a pair of vintage Mustangs, a yellow Thunderbird, and a Mercury Cougar.

A Pepto-Bismol pink early-’60s Volkswagen Bug and a 1989 Mazda B2200 truck converted to a low rider, just barely off the parking lot, attracted car buffs who munched barbecue sandwiches and hotdogs while strolling from car to car.

Newer entries included a late-model Trans Am with an ultra-detailed paint scheme made to look as if the sleek car was peeling off its factory skin to unveil the beast lurking within.

CRESTVIEW — Forty-three of Detroit's classic and more recent products were joined by one vehicle each from Wolfsburg and Hiroshima to complete the Okaloosa School Nutrition Association's inaugural car show.

"We had 45 cars! Isn't that awesome for the first car show?" organizer Lynn Rogers, Crestview High School’s cafeteria manager, said. "Everybody said it was going to rain but it just turned out to be a perfect day. It was fun. We had a good time."

Classic cars from the ’60s included the Rogers family's 1967 Plymouth Satellite, a pair of vintage Mustangs, a yellow Thunderbird, and a Mercury Cougar.

A Pepto-Bismol pink early-’60s Volkswagen Bug and a 1989 Mazda B2200 truck converted to a low rider, just barely off the parking lot, attracted car buffs who munched barbecue sandwiches and hotdogs while strolling from car to car.

Newer entries included a late-model Trans Am with an ultra-detailed paint scheme made to look as if the sleek car was peeling off its factory skin to unveil the beast lurking within.

A vintage 1950s T-bird, several Corvettes, including a classic 1967 Stingray, and a 1978 Chevy Malibu with a stuffed white tiger reposed on its roof drew approving gazes.

The association plans to make the car show an annual event, a precursor to the April Spanish Trail Cruisers Club's yearly Average Joe Car Show.

The crowd pleased organizers, who learned some lessons for next year’s show, Rogers said.

“Next year, we know we're going to do a little more advertising,” she said.